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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,307,961
Total expenses
$10,855,190
Contributions and grants received
$11,685,182
Grants paid
$2,704,100
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,635,767
Management and general expenses
$1,565,607
Fundraising expenses
$653,816
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,635,767

Program services were 79.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID PLOUFFE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • CANDICE JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $25,000
    From this org
    $25,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ANDREW PINCUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

  • LORELLA PRAELI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,500
    From this org
    $16,250
    From related orgs
    $16,250
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

  • JORDAN FOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

  • TODD SCHULTE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $515,833
    From this org
    $164,500
    From related orgs
    $299,538
    Other
    $51,795
    Hours/week
    18 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,500 + $297,538 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,892 + $8,908 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,469 + $24,526 related
    Filer's total
    $182,861 + $332,972 related

  • ZOE TOWNS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $446,773
    From this org
    $140,700
    From related orgs
    $260,379
    Other
    $45,694
    Hours/week
    18 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,700 + $258,379 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,081 + $11,253 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,949 + $18,411 related
    Filer's total
    $156,730 + $290,043 related

  • BINA SURGEON

    COO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $246,151
    From this org
    $79,473
    From related orgs
    $140,402
    Other
    $26,276
    Hours/week
    18 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $79,473 + $138,402 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,847 + $8,563 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,650 + $8,216 related
    Filer's total
    $88,970 + $157,181 related

  • MARK DELICH

    VP GOV RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $336,417
    From this org
    $13,850
    From related orgs
    $263,169
    Other
    $59,398
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $13,850 + $261,169 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $831 + $15,789 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,139 + $40,639 related
    Filer's total
    $16,820 + $319,597 related

  • CHRISTOPHER COGER

    VP, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $315,855
    From this org
    $93,978
    From related orgs
    $176,486
    Other
    $45,391
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,978 + $174,486 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,486 + $10,303 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,286 + $19,316 related
    Filer's total
    $109,750 + $206,105 related

  • TIFFANY LAWRENCE

    VP, CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $295,124
    From this org
    $89,053
    From related orgs
    $160,798
    Other
    $45,273
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $89,053 + $158,798 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,173 + $9,340 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,964 + $19,796 related
    Filer's total
    $105,190 + $189,934 related

  • RENA KAREFA-JOHNSON

    VP, OF NATIONAL INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $258,193
    From this org
    $113,701
    From related orgs
    $117,269
    Other
    $27,223
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,701 + $115,269 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,630 + $1,682 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,771 + $12,140 related
    Filer's total
    $127,102 + $131,091 related

  • JUAN PACHON

    VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $245,439
    From this org
    $83,904
    From related orgs
    $144,563
    Other
    $16,972
    Hours/week
    12 + 28 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $83,904 + $142,563 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,233 + $10,739 related
    Filer's total
    $90,137 + $155,302 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART II
AS REFLECTED ON SCHEDULE R., FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. SHARES PAID EMPLOYEES WITH FWD.US, INC., A RELATED 501(C)(4) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, PURSUANT TO A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. FWD.US, INC. ACTS AS A COMMON PAYMASTER FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ALLOCATE THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, AND FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. REIMBURSES FWD.US, INC. FOR FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC.'S ALLOCABLE SHARE OF SALARY AND BENEFITS EXPENSE. FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. HAS REPORTED THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ATTRIBUTABLE TO IT ON ROW(I) OF THIS SCHEDULE. COMPENSATION ATTRIBUTABLE TO FWD.US, INC. IS REPORTED ON ROW(II) OF THIS SCHEDULE.
PART I LINE 3
FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC.'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PRESIDENT'S SALARY AFTER CONSIDERING EXECUTIVE SALARY LEVELS AT COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349314319

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